KRUSE, Barbara M. McFarlane

KRUSE, Barbara M. McFarlane. (Dubuque, IA, 1928--Dubuque, IA, Autust 23, 2019) Barb's six children were born to her and her first husband, Dr. Donald J McFarlane. In 1981 she was joined in marriage to William G. KRUSE He preceded her in death in 2012.

Barb attended grade school at Nativity and high school at the ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION (THE), graduating in 1946. After one year at Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois, she entered nurse's training at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois, graduating with an RN degree in 1950. She furthered her education by graduating from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois with a BSN degree in 1951.

Professionally, she worked as an RN at Mercy Hospital from 1950 to 1951; in OR at Huron Road Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio from 1951 to 1952; and then returned to the OR at Mercy from 1974 to 1984.

She was a past member of the American Operating Room Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, and the Iowa Nurses Association. She was a member of the ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH and its Alter & Rosary Society. She was also a member of the Arch Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. For her civic activities she was a member of the Dubuque Chapter of the American Red Cross and its Volunteer Program, teaching swimming classes for special needs people for 45 years. She was a past president of the American Red Cross Water Safety committee. She held offices in the Visitation Alumnae Association and the Rosary College Alumnae Association. She served on the HERITAGE TRAIL Executive Committee, DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Senior Board, the DUBUQUE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION Board of directors, and the Key Home Care Board of Directors. She is a lifelong member of the DUBUQUE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB and the Sunshine Circle of Finley Hospital.

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